Chapter 146 If the emperor is not upright, the minister will surrender to a foreign country
On a deserted road, a strong man who had just come out of Meng's house stumbled and fell heavily to the ground and fainted.
A figure in eunuch clothes appeared. He took out the scroll in the strong man's arms and read it. After reading it, he carefully put it back. He watched the strong man slowly wake up not far away. He smiled awkwardly and then got on his horse again and left.
Then he left with a look of contempt.
In a luxurious mansion in the capital of Qin, several military generals who were usually qualified to appear in the Qin court sat together and looked at each other with angry expressions on their faces.
After a while, one of them whispered: "It took the family hundreds of years, and countless deaths and injuries, to build the current foundation and finally unify the Central Plains. I thought I could enjoy it for a few years.
Leaving a foundation for future generations, but seeing it being taken away by others, how many of you can really endure this!"
"So what if you can't bear it. The opponent around you is too strong, and your own strength is even more unbelievable. Didn't you see the scene in Longshouyuan? A giant palm hundreds of meters in size fell from the sky, and in a short time it covered dozens of miles.
The ground is so smooth!”
"Even if hundreds of thousands of troops pass by, I'm afraid it won't be enough for this tyrant to kill alone!" Another man sighed with a sad look on his face, his face already full of bitterness.
Because of his position, the family's business is now open to all places in the Seven Kingdoms, and from time to time he can get some good things from the former nobles of the Six Kingdoms. These good times have only been a few years, and now they are about to disappear.
"Killing does not necessarily have to be done with real swords and guns. The late emperor only took the throne for three days. Lu Xiangguo died of a sudden illness after offering decoction and medicine. It had no impact on Lu Xiangguo!" One of the oldest generals had a sneer on his face. At that time,
He has experienced this personally.
From then on, he knew that sometimes as long as there was a suitable reason, the emperor could be killed. He looked into the distance and said with a leisurely expression: "His Majesty the First Emperor has dozens of sons. No matter which one is in the highest position, he is more powerful than the emperor."
This one is much stronger now!"
"But His Majesty the First Emperor is still alive!" Another general whispered with fear on his face.
"The emperor is not upright and his ministers defect to foreign countries. If he does nothing without rest, the worst he can do is to kill the First Emperor as well. As long as we are still strong, even if the dynasty changes, the new dynasty will definitely have a place for us!"
After several people glanced at each other, there was a look of horror in their eyes at the same time, and they stood up and said: "With our financial resources, we bribed a few servants to capture him, and we did it. We tried our best to bribe the servants in his house, sent the poison in, and also let him be captured."
This tyrant knows that we are not easy to bully!"
In the palace, Zhao Wen couldn't help but smile after processing the memorial sent from the inner study.
Since he promised to pay for labor hire in various places, first in Qin and now in the old lands of the Six Kingdoms, many projects suddenly came out in all places, each of which was well-founded and had been laid all over the country.
The Qinzhidao project we have started can be described as money flowing like water.
Seeing all the eunuchs in the study lowering their heads, Zhao Wen threw the memorial directly on the table in front of him and chuckled: "For an emperor, gold and silver only have value when they are spent. If they are left in the warehouse,
Worthless!"
"If so many projects are started at the same time, the whole country of Daqin will be in motion. No amount of money can buy this. He can allocate as much as he wants, all of it!"
After finally taking advantage of the scarcity of precious metals today, the ratio of gold and silver exchanges was disrupted. Thinking of the silver accumulated in the warehouse, for Zhao Wen, now is the most suitable time to spend money, and his tone was absolutely generous.
"His Majesty!"
A group of Dongchang eunuchs came in from outside, saluted Zhao Wen extremely respectfully, and then handed two pieces of paper to Chu Yi.
"It seems something happened again!" Zhao Wen smiled bitterly. Unless it was an emergency, it would never be possible to send it directly to the inner study.
Chu Yi took it and took a look, his expression suddenly changed drastically, he quickly came over and whispered: "Your Majesty, someone is going to rebel!"
I took two pieces of paper. The first one was a letter from Meng Wu of the Meng family to Meng Yi. It was mostly some words of advice, and the other was an introduction to Jin Yiwei and Dongchang as well as his own strength as the emperor, but it was nothing.
But the second letter made Zhao Wen furious.
"If the emperor is not upright, his subjects will surrender to foreign countries. This is the most famous saying during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and it was hated by countless kings!"
He stood up slowly and looked around at the eunuchs brought back from the Ming Dynasty. Then he said coldly: "There has never been a unified dynasty. Eight hundred princes have fought until now only Da Qin is left. No matter whether they are civil or military, these ministers still have the same thinking."
It’s still when the countries are at war!”
"If there is a problem with the emperor, they would dare to lead troops to replace the emperor, or even destroy the country and change the dynasty!"
"This is also the biggest reason why I look down on the current civil and military forces of the Great Qin Dynasty. Their thoughts and habits have not yet changed, and they have no loyalty to the empire in their hearts. They are not worthy of a unified empire!"
Not only the civil and military officials of the Qin Dynasty, but also the early Han Dynasty were the same. If they disagreed, the officials would directly stand on their own or surrender to the Xiongnu.
After Lu Fei's death, a group of ministers rushed into the palace and not only killed all the Lu family members, but even Empress Lu's son who was the current emperor was hacked to death by these people shouting that he was not the Liu family's son. This is this era.
Normally, nobles are only loyal to their own family. As for others, they are only loyal to their own interests.
Only after Han Wu unified cultural consciousness and established the meaning of true unification, was the concept of loyalty to the unified empire established on this land.
Throwing the paper to Chu Yi casually: "Pass an order to the Jinyi Guards to come and arrest people. The rebels belong to the Zhujiu Clan. After interrogating the confessions, the women's papers will be transferred to the Jiaofang Division, and the men will be sent to the Ministry of Punishment to be dealt with in accordance with the law. They will be punished according to the law, so that those who come later will be warned!"
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Zhao Wenke remembered that although there was the crime of association in this era, there was no real definition of what rebellion was and how to deal with it. As for the Zhujiu tribe, this kind of torture appeared for the first time in this era.
Since there is no concept of loyalty to an empire, he uses killing and strength to tell this era what kind of ministers and people are needed when a unified dynasty emerges.
It also tells the current civil and military forces of the Qin Dynasty what consequences they will have if they do something!
In addition, send this piece of paper to the chief minister of the military cabinet. If you are dealing with so many generals at one time, you must also inform the military cabinet.
Among the generals of the Qin Dynasty, the only one Zhao Wen valued most was Wang Jian!
In Zhao Wen's opinion, one Wang Jian can withstand thousands of troops. If you add Zhang Han, Han Xin, and Lu Ze, you have four handsome men. With these four people, no matter in any world, unless you encounter
Crushing strength, otherwise it would be unfavorable.
As for the rest, it is just an embellishment in the process of moving forward. If they are dissatisfied, I really don't mind giving them a result that suits their status!